Winter Cup, Here We Come!!

"The game is over! Final score: 83–82. The winner: Ryonan High School!!"

After giving both teams a full three minutes to celebrate victory or accept defeat, the referee finally gathered the players together and officially announced the final result.

"Thank you for the game!!"

With completely different emotions in their hearts, the players from both sides bowed to the opponents before them.

Kanagawa Prefecture's Winter Cup qualifiers had now officially come to a complete close.

Since neither Miuradai nor Shohoku had played today, the Winter Cup send-off ceremony was scheduled for two days later. Today was only for the prefectural qualifiers' awards ceremony and closing ceremony.

Wu Yufei did not stay to watch what came next. After the game ended, he and Junko left the gymnasium together.

"That game was absolutely incredible! It was definitely the best game of the past three years!"

Even after leaving the venue, Junko still wore an expression of lingering excitement.

After spending several years around Wu Yufei, Junko had long since become a complete basketball fan under his influence.

Her feelings had changed from "I only like watching Wu Yufei play" to "I like basketball, and I like watching thrilling, intense games."

So it was no surprise that she had reacted that way to the game just now.

Wu Yufei nodded in wholehearted agreement.

"After a game like that, Ryonan as a whole will probably undergo a transformation. I'm looking forward to seeing them again."

Having already reached the pinnacle of Japanese high school basketball, Wu Yufei naturally hoped to face even more powerful opponents during his final year of high school.

The stronger his opponents were, the more he stood to gain from beating them—and the more confidence he would have when he entered the professional world in the future.

The prefectural qualifiers